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2005–06 La Liga

75th season of La Liga

Field	Value
competition	La Liga
season	2005–06
dates	27 August 2005 – 19 May 2006
winners	Barcelona
18th title
relegated	Alavés
Cádiz
Málaga
continentalcup1	[Champions League](2006-07-uefa-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Barcelona
Real Madrid
Valencia
Osasuna
continentalcup2	[UEFA Cup](2006-07-uefa-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Sevilla
Celta Vigo
Espanyol (as [Copa del Rey](2005-06-copa-del-rey) winners)
continentalcup3	[Intertoto Cup](2006-uefa-intertoto-cup)
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Villarreal
league topscorer	Samuel Eto'o
(26 goals)
biggest home win	Málaga 5–0 Real Betis
(23 October 2005)
Barcelona 5–0 Real Sociedad
(30 October 2005)
Getafe 5–0 Espanyol
(22 January 2006)
Atlético Madrid 5–0 Málaga
(25 February 2006)
Espanyol 5–0 Sevilla
(26 February 2006)
Cádiz 5–0 Málaga
(13 May 2006)
biggest away win	Osasuna 0–4 Getafe
(2 April 2006)
Cádiz 0–4 Sevilla
(11 February 2006)
highest scoring	Valencia 5–3 Cádiz
(2 April 2006)
matches	380
total goals	936
prevseason	[2004–05](2004-05-la-liga)
nextseason	[2006–07](2006-07-la-liga)

18th title Cádiz Málaga Real Madrid Valencia Osasuna Celta Vigo Espanyol (as Copa del Rey winners) (26 goals) (23 October 2005) Barcelona 5–0 Real Sociedad (30 October 2005) Getafe 5–0 Espanyol (22 January 2006) Atlético Madrid 5–0 Málaga (25 February 2006) Espanyol 5–0 Sevilla (26 February 2006) Cádiz 5–0 Málaga (13 May 2006) (2 April 2006) Cádiz 0–4 Sevilla (11 February 2006) (2 April 2006) The 2005–06 La Liga season was the 75th since its establishment. It began on 27 August 2005, and concluded on 19 May 2006; all top-flight European leagues ended earlier than the previous season due to the impending 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Cádiz, Celta de Vigo and Alavés, returning to the top flight after an absence of twelve, one and two years respectively. They replaced Levante, Numancia (both teams relegated after a season's presence) and Albacete (ending their two-year top flight spell).

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Barcelona	Camp Nou	98,772
Real Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	80,354
Espanyol	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys	55,926
Atlético Madrid	Vicente Calderón	55,005
Valencia	Mestalla	55,000
Real Betis	Manuel Ruiz de Lopera	52,132
Sevilla	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	45,500
Athletic Bilbao	San Mamés	39,750
Deportivo de La Coruña	Riazor	34,600
Real Zaragoza	La Romareda	34,596
Celta de Vigo*	Estadio Balaídos	32,500
Real Sociedad	Anoeta	32,200
Málaga	La Rosaleda	30,044
Mallorca	Son Moix	23,142
Villarreal	El Madrigal	23,000
Cádiz*	Ramón de Carranza	23,000
Racing de Santander	El Sardinero	22,400
Alavés*	Mendizorrotza	19,840
Osasuna	Estadio Reyno de Navarra	19,553
Getafe	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez	16,300

(*) Promoted from Segunda División.

Personnel and sponsorships

Team	Head Coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (front)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)	Shorts sponsor
Alavés	ARG Mario Luna	Umbro	Stevenson Electrodomésticos	Stevenson Electrodomésticos, Abba Hoteles/Grecogres	Caja Vital-Vital Kutxa, Álava.net, Rioja Grupo Inmobiliario	Abba Hoteles, Grecogres
Athletic Bilbao	ESP Javier Clemente	100% Athletic	Euskadi (in UEFA matches)	None	None	None
	ESP José Murcia	Nike	Columbia Pictures/Kia	Kyocera	None	AXN
Barcelona	NED Frank Rijkaard	Nike	None	None	TV3	None
Betis	ESP Lorenzo Serra Ferrer	Kappa	Andalucía/Globet	Globet/Andalucía	None	Grupo Azabache
Cádiz	URU Víctor Espárrago	Kelme	Caja San Fernando/Millan Chiclana/Andalucía	Diario de Cádiz	Diario AS	Mapfre-El Salvador, Visita El Salvador
Celta de Vigo	ESP Fernando Vázquez	Umbro	Citroën	None	None	Citroën
Deportivo	ESP Joaquín Caparrós	Joma	Fadesa	None	None	None
Espanyol	ESP Miguel Ángel Lotina	uhlsport	Grup Tarradellas	Interapuestas.com	TV3	Hoteles Hesperia
Getafe	GER Bernd Schuster	Joma	Propietarios del Suelo de Getafe	Opción Centro de Ocio	Diezma Parquets y Tarimas	Neovision Ficciones
Málaga	ESP Manolo Hierro	Umbro	Unicaja/Andalucía	None	None	None
Mallorca	ESP Gregorio Manzano	Reial	Viajes Iberia	None	IB3	Illes Balears
Osasuna	MEX Javier Aguirre	Astore	Caja Navarra/Reyno de Navarra (in UEFA matches)	None	Caja Navarra	None
	ESP Nando Yosu	Joma	Cantabria 2006: Liébana Tierra de Júbilo	Santander 250	Cantabria	Cantabria
Real Madrid	ESP Juan Ramón López Caro	Adidas	Siemens	None	None	None
Real Sociedad	ESP José Mari Bakero	Astore	FIATC Seguros	NGS Europe	NGS Europe	FIATC Seguros, NGS Europe
Sevilla	ESP Juande Ramos	Joma	Stevenson Electrodomésticos	Andalucía	Andalucía	www.sevillafc.es
Valencia	ESP Quique Sánchez Flores	Nike	Toyota/Toyota Aygo	None	Canal Nou	None
Villarreal	CHL Manuel Pellegrini	Puma	Aeroport Castelló	Armiñana Promociones Inmobiliarias	Canal Nou	None
Zaragoza	ESP Víctor Muñoz	Lotto	Expo Zaragoza 2008 Telefónica	None	None	None

League table

Results

Overall

Most wins - Barcelona (25)
Fewest wins - Málaga (5)
Most draws - Zaragoza (16)
Fewest draws - Celta de Vigo (4)
Most losses - Málaga (24)
Fewest losses - Barcelona (6)
Most goals scored - Barcelona (80)
Fewest goals scored - Betis (34)
Most goals conceded - Málaga (68)
Fewest goals conceded - Celta de Vigo and Valencia (33)

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Cameroon Samuel Eto'o	Barcelona	26
2	Spain David Villa	Valencia	25
3	Brazil Ronaldinho	Barcelona	17
4	Argentina Diego Milito	Zaragoza	15
5	Brazil Ronaldo	Real Madrid	14
6	Brazil Fernando Baiano	Celta Vigo	13
Spain Fernando Torres	Atlético Madrid
8	Brazil Éwerthon	Zaragoza	12
Argentina Juan Román Riquelme	Villarreal

Zamora Trophy

The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals against	Matches	Average
1	Spain José Manuel Pinto	Celta Vigo	28	37	****
2	Spain Santiago Cañizares	Valencia	29	36
3	Spain Víctor Valdés	Barcelona	29	35
4	Argentina Leo Franco	Atlético Madrid	31	34
5	Spain Iker Casillas	Real Madrid	38	37
Spain Andrés Palop	Sevilla	37	36
Uruguay Sebastián Viera	Villarreal	30	29
8	Spain Toni Prats	Mallorca	36	31
9	Spain Ricardo	Osasuna	35	30
10	Spain José Francisco Molina	Deportivo La Coruña	45	38

Fair Play award

Rank	Club	Points
1	Catalonia Barcelona	86
2	Valencian Community Valencia	98
3	Galicia Celta Vigo	99
4	Basque Country Real Sociedad	106
5	Basque Country Alavés	114
6	Valencian Community Villarreal	116
7	Catalonia Espanyol	124
Balearic Islands Mallorca
9	Andalusia Cádiz	125
10	Basque Country Athletic Bilbao	128
11	Madrid Getafe	130
12	Galicia Deportivo La Coruña	131
Madrid Real Madrid
14	Aragon Zaragoza	136
15	Andalusia Sevilla	163
16	Navarre Osasuna	171
Cantabria Racing Santander
18	Andalusia Málaga	179
19	Andalusia Real Betis	183
20	Madrid Atlético Madrid	187

Source: Guia As de La Liga 2006–07, p. 144 (sports magazine)

Pedro Zaballa award

Cádiz supporters

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of La Liga hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result
VEN Juan Arango	Mallorca	Real Sociedad	5–2 (H)
BRA Nenê	Alavés	Getafe	3–4 (H)
FRA Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid	Sevilla	4–2 (H)
ESP Dani	Real Betis	Zaragoza	3–4 (A)
ESP Luis García	Espanyol	Sevilla	5–0 (H)
ESP David Villa	Valencia	Athletic Bilbao	3–0 (A)

Attendances

Source:

#	Club	Avg. attendance	% change	Highest
1	FC Barcelona	73,225	-0.2%	98,295
2	Real Madrid	71,544	-0.5%	80,000
3	Valencia CF	43,105	1.6%	51,000
4	Sevilla FC	40,247	1.8%	45,000
5	Atlético de Madrid	38,684	-9.1%	60,000
6	Real Betis	38,421	15.5%	45,000
7	Athletic Club	36,895	13.8%	40,000
8	Real Zaragoza	28,158	-9.0%	32,000
9	Real Sociedad	22,524	6.8%	38,472
10	RCD Espanyol	22,337	-7.2%	48,950
11	Málaga CF	19,316	-12.4%	25,000
12	Deportivo de La Coruña	19,105	-11.9%	34,000
13	Cádiz CF	18,505	20.8%	22,087
14	Villarreal CF	18,487	1.5%	23,000
15	Celta de Vigo	16,947	35.3%	30,000
16	CA Osasuna	16,063	7.3%	19,517
17	RCD Mallorca	15,847	2.9%	20,500
18	Racing de Santander	14,720	9.4%	20,670
19	Deportivo Alavés	13,691	19.3%	17,047
20	Getafe CF	12,763	-0.4%	15,500

References

(23 October 2005). "Málaga 5-0 Betis". [[Royal Spanish Football Federation.
(30 October 2005). "Barcelona 5-0 Real Sociedad". [[Royal Spanish Football Federation.
(22 January 2006). "Getafe 5-0 Espanyol". [[Royal Spanish Football Federation.
(25 February 2006). "Atlético Madrid 5-0 Málaga". [[Royal Spanish Football Federation.
(26 February 2006). "Espanyol 5-0 Sevilla". [[Royal Spanish Football Federation.
(13 May 2006). "Cádiz 5-0 Málaga". [[Royal Spanish Football Federation.
(2 April 2006). "Osasuna 0-4 Getafe". [[Royal Spanish Football Federation.
(11 February 2006). "Cádiz 0-4 Sevilla". [[Royal Spanish Football Federation.
(2 April 2006). "Valencia 5-3 Cádiz". [[Royal Spanish Football Federation.
"Ganadores del Trofeo Pedro Zaballa". [[Royal Spanish Football Federation.
https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/esp/aveesp06.htm

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